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Ekemblemaria lira Hastings, 1992
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Ekemblemaria lira
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Ekemblemaria lira

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Overview
Main identification features
  • 1bushy eye cirrus; forehead: 2 bony ridges
  • d: flap on 1st spine, no notch after spines
  • dorsal, anal and tail fins entirely pigmented
  • operculum: large dark blotch
Bones on snout and under eyes pitted & rough, but without spines; raised bony ridges on top of head behind eyes; 1 pair of palm-like cirri over eyes; pores around eye & on nape slit-like rather than round; 5-7 pores along rear margin of eye; top jaw extends well past eye; dorsal XVI-XVII, 27, thick fleshy flap on upper 2/3 of 1st spine; anal II, 28; pectoral 17-18 rays

(Preserved fish) Head dusky, with eye-size blotch on cheek; 2 dark bars under lower jaw; under gills dark, with pale bars; body dusky with series of pale bars that become fainter at rear; ~10 dark saddles along base of dorsal fin; dorsal, tail and anal fins pigmented, without clear areas; female paler, without dark bars on body

Size: 7 cm.

Habitat: tidepools.

Depth: 1-5 m?.

Ecuador.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 5 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-82; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Barnacles & worm tubes; Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Hastings, P.A., 1992., Ekemblemaria lira, a New Blennioid Fish from Ecuador, with Comments on Sexual Dimorphism and Relationships in Ekemblemaria (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae)., Copeia, 1992:769-776.
  • Hastings, P.A., 2000., Biogeography of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: distribution and phylogeny of chaenopsid fishes., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128:319-335.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.

Acknowledgements

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